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Which will hopefully match chromecast audio for features and sound quality.

Or wait for the Google Home Mini that's just been leaked.. Rumoured to be going on sale for $49 so we'll have something similar on release

I would agree with this. Good point!

Would you want Google on top of gathering all of your information from your phone, TV, android box, web searches, location and emails, also listen to all of your conversations at home freely with your permission?. I know that it needs a word to activate it.. but doesn't Alexa, and look and what that turned out to be

It's really not meant as an alternative to the Google Home, no comparison at all. It's meant for experimenting, building into other projects, developing and using Google's assistant APIs. Anyone wanting just a Google Home should buy a Google Home and avoid this

I backed this when it was on KS, hoping to kick me into making some software for it. not used it past trying the included game. Shame as it's a nice piece of kit and is super portable too.

Not voted either way, but I've got big hands and watching that gif above there is no way I'd be able to play on that. It also doesn't look comfortable to hold, plus I'd like a bigger screen. I like the idea of it though.

The catalogue of games are growing for this device pretty quickly already some classics ported to it.

Pocketchip's pretty good too, slightly better than this in my opinion. https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip

I voted hot but honestly what'll be the point of carrying two devices when your phone can do the same job for you? Aside from that I think it really is a cool kit.

Free shipping on orders over £50 ...

fooling people with 2.50 shipping charge.. Either allow people to collect it or reduce the charge.. They sent it by normal second class post with no tracking but charging 2.5 as their profit. Big sellers dont sell Pi Zero

oos :(

Precisely - it SHOWS you, it doesn't TELL you. Why state the obvious?

Thanks.

This seems to be the going PI-rate .. Get stuck in me heartys, or ye'll be walking the Plank. Mfr'd in the Caribbean. s+2+steak+&+ale+pies] Pi +1

Looked at their Pi2 and Pi3 prices but seemed expensive even with 10% off. But checked other retailers and this seems to be the new norm :( Pi creeping up in price? Probably blame Brexit (_;)

I've been using a RP2 with Kodi for the past 5 months as primary use. No complaints at all, and no overclocking used. I tried different versions: - Openelec - Retropie + Kodi Plugin, with default boot to Kodi. The second is my current setup just for the versatility of using the system as a retro-gaming console as in when required without having to swap micro-SD cards. All in all I am extremely satisfied with Kodi running on Raspberry Pi 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBr8nyeo7Y

My question is how are you connecting the speakers to the Pi? It only has a USB connection.. plugging the USB directly into the pi doesn't seem to give any sound? I don't think there is enough power to drive them just off the Pi.

https://volumio.org/forum/soundscience-qsb-compatibe-with-rasp-what-about-bbb-t280.html

How would this work? The QSB's only have a USB connection and not phono.

Amazing with a pHAT Dac!

​yes,excellent idea. I did the same with my science of Cambridge mk14 in the early eighties. Only to dig it out again 5 years ago and flog it for £350!, You never know?

ordered

Can anyone tell me if this is okay to stash this in the same drawer as all the arduino unos / clones / stm8 etc etc that I have bought for no apparent reason.

amen brother! so many people buy a pi just to play some movies, and completely miss the point that they have a full linux server/desktop, photography/video, emulation and electronics platform sitting there. even worse you have the morons that just want to put windows on it.

back again - seem to keep stock much longer now

Yes. But not in raspbian. Download either: libreelec for basic add-on only Kodi, openelec for slightly larger build but more stable isenguard Kodi Or OSMC for superslick large build customisable Kodi. I have run both open and libreelec and have exodus and istream running with very little load times.

I pondered that but then I asked myself... why not get an atom for that? Better keep embedded for its own purposes :) PS: Just received mine. Ordered on Friday delivered today. Really annoying you can only get one, I would have gotten 2.

​and what OS you run for that?

​better off with a pi 3b for kodi,i use my zero as a desktop.basic browsing and calendar.

how did this deal get its title,supplier and price changed to pimoroni

pimoroni.com £4

Still in stock (first time I've seen them last more than a few hours)

Could i use this to run an emulater for old snes games etc.. ?

Love their packaging, classic sweet bags are nice touch, got a little Retropie Build on mine (anything up to the GBA is do-able)

Confirmed, expired

This item is now showing as out of stock again

​I have 3, one is for always on torrenting and my other 2 are projects, one inside a nes controller and one inside a gameboy for emulation. Normal pi are just too big for this kind of project

Or you can DIY analog audio out [Adafruit]

​ plug & play

Apologies, what shop?

Why is this expired? I just bought one. Thanks for the post, I was too slow before and they went OOS.

good for kodi heattt

Still in stock of kits.

oos.

sold out :(

12 zeros only left on pimoroni,

Pihut have now sold out of zeros and the essential kit zero bundle, other larger bundles are still available

You don't have to buy the adaptors, by your reasoning why did they even release the Zero. It's a cut down version of the standard Pi, buying all the adaptors to turn it into one defeats the object.

Why did they have to do that? You need an adaptor for the PSU, USB port, HDMI and the camera. You have to spend three times the cost of the board on buying adaptors. I know they wanted to make it smaller, but using the same connectors as the original Pi wouldn't have made that much difference.

Doesn't cope with the HEVC codec though, which a lot of things are starting to use now. If it did, I'd probably stick OSMC on mine and get rid of my Android Box.

Ahh I see what you mean now, £4 for a bit of ribbon cable i.e. the same cost as the pi itself is ridiculous.

​my thoughts exactly!

Out of stock - again!

oos

Direct link https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-zero as the one above took me to an error page.

I saw that, but it seemed a little too complicated for a beginner like me. This one actually seems just about followable.

the site doesn't actually stop you ordering more than one - your whole order just gets cancelled manually later on. So try for 2 and end up with zero ;)

Check MagPi magazine there is one with Pi zero project that puts everything into one controller, inc battery.

if anyone is interested, i randomly found this in the imgur gallery a few weeks ago - someone has basically made a "console" out of raspberry pi zero and an old SNES cartridge. If you look at the internal wiring, it actually looks quite simple to follow so if i can get hold of the bits, i'm going to give it a go myself http://imgur.com/gallery/09Rs8

sorry i mess up i order one, I ordered two case ill have to let the daughters fight it out

​don't get it why not just have more Pi0s made and shipped from China if the UK based factory isn't capable of meeting the demand. it will probably be even cheaper so good for everybody.

More in stock! Be quick!

production cant keep up with the demand they posted a few days ago that they had made 5000 units or something like that they are really cheap and easy to get your foot in the door with kodi and retro projects the price is also cheaper than a audrino aswel

To be honest, now I start to hate this kinda of deal. Why is the zero always out of stock? Such a tiny thing with such large demand. I just dont understand it. How can't they make more stocks, if they truly want to sell it????

Wonder why a small price increase compared to the last time..currency exchange rate? as they based on dollars?

Pi's are so great for kids

So many uses... Radio throwie ? http://makezine.com/projects/pirate-radio-throwies/

Hi. That's what I used. Still having trouble streaming some files, especially to my XB1 using plex app. Still messing about with it. I would like a plex option to turn off transcoding (as I think that is the primary issue I am having) but it aint possible ( i was serving files to all my devices without transcoding from my NAS share without issues, but love the plex system).

Thanks :) £10.50 for the pi and cables with delivery. Looks like they have just about sold out of all bundles now.

Whoop! Thanks OP. Mine is going into a MagicMirror (except not using Chromium as in this guide, as Chromium and the Pi 1 is not a good combo)

ordered one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1Pcs-PCM2707-USB-DAC-sound-card-board-module-S-PDIF-port-high-quality-UK-B37-/231608918489?hash=item35ecf7a1d9:g:lFEAAOSwgQ9VknoW a proper dac audio card, will allow me to make pi zero into an audio player for my hifi. i.e internet radio and youtube music etc. controlled remotely with tablet using ssh and tightvnc

With the Nordic chip you have to write your own code. It's still operating at 2.4GHz and the chip does all the comms through hardware. It's what I need to update my blinds control, central heating and door bell.

The 500ma is peak, like when the chip is booting. It's not the best for power use but it's wifi, the nordic chip isn't wifi. You might get away with it on a Pi 2 but on the other Pis (including the zero) you don't want to draw over 150ma from the 3v3 pins. The esp8266 is a great chip for embedded wifi projects, and it's so cheap! But you probably wouldn't use it with the RPi.

Just had a look at the spec sheet for this chip and it seems to use 215mA at max right down to 62mA. Looks like a powerful chip and you can use the 32bit cpu as a separate cpu. That link you gave, shows an image of the wifi module with a separate psu.

Ok. Most of these chips are ok on some pins with 5v. 500mA seems a lot, not much good for battery use then. 13.5mA at RX 2Mbps on the Nordic chip. The PAM2306 used on RP can supply 1A per channel so it's probably not enough if you are powering other stuff. You might have to supply power to the wifi card separately.

postie arrived today with a small-ish padded envelope and i thought "nah, this can't be it? surely not!" and it was .. it really is quite absurd how tiny this thing really is ..

Foiled again....but saved slightly by your edit. :D

Nice try, but the capital letters kill your joke :) All gone now though !

Hmm, if there are zero in stock, where is the deal?

only £24 starter kit left now